{
  "name": "Chanson",
  "description": "French-language Singer-Songwriters for whom the quality of the text is essential and where the rhythm follows that of the text.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chanson/",
  "parent": "European Music",
  "level": "sub-2",
  "children_count": 5,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Chanson alternative",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chanson-alternative/",
      "description": "Usually politically engaged and humorous with eclectic influences of Regional Music, especially Fanfare, Musette, Jazz manouche and Romani Folk Music.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Chanson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanson québécoise",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chanson-quebecoise/",
      "description": "French-language music of the Québécois singer-songwriters.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Chanson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanson réaliste",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chanson-realiste/",
      "description": "Very popular in France in the late 19th century up to World War II, typically performed by female singers in a Cabaret or Vaudeville style and featuring \"realist\" lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Chanson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanson à texte",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chanson-a-texte/",
      "description": "French-language songs emphasising sophisticated and poetic lyricism.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Chanson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nouvelle chanson française",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nouvelle-chanson-francaise/",
      "description": "Both a subgenre of Chanson and a specific scene from the 1990s incorporating alternative trends from this period and new and unusual ways within Chanson tradition.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Chanson"
    }
  ]
}